5 hotels
The great hotels of Oman
5 luxury hotels in Oman are documented in this guide, ordered by international renown. The oldest, Al Bustan Palace, a Ritz-Carlton Hotel, opened in 1985; the most recent, Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar Resort, in 2016. Each page gives the history, the key figures and a direct line to the events team.
Al Bustan Palace, a Ritz-Carlton Hotel
Built in 1985 to house the Gulf Cooperation Council summit, with a domed atrium 38 metres high and a beach between the Hajar Mountains and the sea.
250 rooms
Six Senses Zighy Bay
Guests can arrive by tandem paraglider from the mountain ridge above the bay, or by 4x4 over the same ridge, or by speedboat from Dibba.
82 rooms
The Chedi Muscat
A 103 metre pool beside a private beach on the Gulf of Oman, in a hotel of black-framed arches and water gardens designed by Jean-Michel Gathy.
158 rooms
Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar Resort
At 2,000 metres on a canyon rim in Oman's Hajar Mountains, the resort's infinity pool sits beside the point where Princess Diana was photographed in 1986.
115 rooms
Shangri-La Al Husn, Muscat
Built like an Omani castle on a headland at Barr Al Jissah, the adults-only Al Husn keeps its own beach and 180 rooms apart from the resort's two other hotels.
180 rooms